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Carrie Barton
2004: EHT Traceries Inc. in Washington, D.C. I conducted reconnaissance-level historic resource surveys for the City of Fairfax and Arlington County, Virginia. I also helped prepare a National Historic Register nomination for a Nike missle site in Long Island.
2005: reSTORE DC in Washington, D.C. I interned with the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development, developing commercial revitalization strategies and providing technical assistance for DC Main Street groups. I also put together a publication outlining a proposed facade improvement program for the Adams Morgan neighborhood in DC.


Alec Bennett
Summer 2004: Interned at the Lousiana Division of Historic Preservation, conducting independant research on the history of Cast Iron Architecture in New Orleans.

Jayme Breschard
Architectural Historian at Long Island Traditions & Environmental Analyst, Division of Environmental Protection, Department of Planning, Environment, and Land Management, Farmingville, NY

Tamra Brosseau
Marketing analysis for the Miller Heller House (Ithaca, NY)

Jennifer Buddenborg
Maine Preservation in Portland, ME, and Restoration Resources in Alna, ME -A dual summer internship where I spent the month of June working as an historic preservation intern at Maine Preservation, the statewide non-profit organization, and the month of July as a building conservation intern at Restoration Resources, a private restoration company in mid-coast Maine. At Maine Preservation I organized the 9th annual Maine’s Most Endangered Historic Properties Program and at Restoration Resources I assisted the carpentry crew in the preservation, rehabilitation, restoration and renovation of historic residential buildings through carpentry work and building condition assessments.

Jessica Evans
Internship summer '04 - I had a Cornell Urban Scholars Fellowship, and partnered with City College Architectural Center in NYC. I did research on cultural sustainability and under-appreciated heritage sites around Washington Heights (Northern Manhattan), as methods of economic development. The product of my research was a proposal and presentation to an Economic development/Community Board steering committee about possible opportunities to promote the historic, architectural and cultural assets of Washington Heights for a future Business Improvement District.

Ed FitzGerald
Summer 2007: US/ICOMOS International Internship Program. Worked for the Scottish Stone Liaison Group, Charlestown, Scotland researching buildings built using Scottish stone and stone masons that were exported/emigrated to North America. Also participated in an exciting project to revitalize Glasgow's stone-built heritage, threatened by poor construction, neglected/improper repairs, and a shortage of suitable stone and skilled stone masons.

Maya Haptas
Summer 2007: I worked for the San Francisco City Planning Department Historic Resources Survey Team.  My project was to undertake survey work in the Inner Mission North District of 1906 earthquake and fire survivor properties that sit on the 1906 Fire Line.  The outcome was two locally eligible historic districts and one California Register eligible historic district after surveying over 135 properties.

Nicholas Hayward
I had an internship with Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois (LPCI) during the summer of 2005. I researched rural preservation activities, specifically activities that pertain to barns. My product was a survey of rural preservation activity in Illinois counties and recommendations for LPCI and Illinois Barn Alliance to further stimulate barn preservation in Illinois.

Beth Johnson
Summer 2004- Lawndale Christian Development Corporation (Chicago, ILL) I created an impact analysis of the real estate/housing ministry on the neighborhood and its residents.

Ashima Krishna
Summer 2007: Conservation Intern with Abha Narain Lambah Associates in Mumbai, India. I got to work on various parts of projects involving the World Heritage Sites of Khajuraho and Hampi in India, as well as locally listed though equally important sites in Sikar, Rajasthan and within Mumbai itself.

Annika A. Lundkvist
Summer 2005- Cornell Cooperative Summer Internship co-sponsored by the New Jersey Institute of Technology: As an intern based at the Rochester Regional Community Design Center, I functioned as Consultant for the development of the summer internship component (preservation arts internship) for a future Vocational Technical High School for the Restoration Arts in Rochester, modeled after the Brooklyn High School of the Arts Preservation Arts curriculum.

Joy Naifeh
Preservation League of New York State (Albany,NY) 6-8/2002:Worked with Director of Public Policy R. Daniel Mackay on various issues confronting Historic Preservation in the state & NYS Office of Parks, Recreation, & Historic Pres (Albany, NY) 6-8/2002: Created electronic database and accompanying reference volumes cataloging those specializing in the manufacture and repair of historic windows throughout New England.

Stefanie Noble
Summer 2005: Intern at Adirondack Great Camp Santanoni in Newcomb, NY. Provided interpretation of the site to visitors and worked on various conservation projects at the Main Camp and Farm Complex.

Kristen Olson & Sara Johnson
Summer 2007: Interned at Historic Ithaca under the leadership of Preservation Director Jessica Evans (alumna ‘05.)  Historic Ithaca acts to preserve and sustain the legacy of the built environment in Tompkins County and the Finger Lakes Region. Kristen and Sara focused their work on the Ithaca City Cemetery, gathering information on history and current conditions, organizing a cemetery work-day for Cornell CRP and Landscape Architecture students, and starting a “Friends of the Ithaca City Cemetery” group. Their other projects included research on two historic homes and a former coal yard office as well as the preparation of case studies for presentation to the Village of Montour Falls in Schuyler County, New York.

Katie Rice
I worked for City of Ithaca with the Department of Planning and Development assisting the Historic Preservationist for the city with reviewing and assisting applicant's certificates of appropriateness, helped with the Ithaca Landmarks Preservation Commission meetings, and historic research for the Collegetown Development Plans.


Michael Setzer
Worked for Land Use/Historic Preservation Attorney and in Federal District Court

Jason Allen
I work at Archaeological Investigations Northwest in Portland, OR. It's a CRM firm, doing archaeology, tax act, 106, 4f, nr nominations, etc.

Alec Bennett
Historian, National Cemetery Administration.
I work on researching the histories of National Cemeteries, along with documenting and analyzing the historic resources within the Cemeteries.


Liz Blazevich
Advocacy Associate - Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia

Jayme Breschard
Environmental Planner with Inter-Science Research Assoc. in Southampton, NY

Samantha Bosshart
Technical Services Coordinator for the Historic Albany Foundation.

Tamra Brosseau
Director of the Holy Names Heritage Center, Lake Oswego, Oregon.

Emily Goldman ('07)
New York City Landmarks.

Victor Gordon
Grants specialist for Duke University, freelance writer, and member of Preservation Durham's Endangered Properties and Museum Planning committees.

Susan Gordon-Lawson
Staff Architect with Argus Architecture & Preservation of Troy, NY

Beth Johnson
Neighborhood Planner for the City of San Antonio TX

Joy Naifeh
Currently apprenticing to a preservation carpenter

PhD Candidate, University of Iowa

Sonja Sokol Furesz
Preservation Planner at BOLA Architecture & Planning in Seattle

Worrasit Tantinipankul
Instructor at the School of Architecture and Design, King Mongkut's University of Technology, Thonburi
 


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